Monday, February 9, 2009

Your Garden’s Design (Pt 1)

The design of a garden is based on many factors, like climate, rainfall, soil content, and sunlight as well as the desire of the gardener. For your garden to produce the abundant harvest God has desired, you need to know what seeds He’s planted in you. Let’s begin by looking at God’s number one priority for your life. God’s reason for creating humans is for relationship with Him, so His desire is for that relationship to be our number one priority. Jesus, God’s Son, told us that the most important commandment is to “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” (Mark 12:30) That’s pretty much all of who we are. If we “seek first His kingdom and His righteousness,” then God will provide everything else we need. (Matthew 6:33) So, the key to being who God wants you to be is loving and seeking Him above all else. Make Him your #1 priority.

Digging deeper: Read Psalm 103 and ponder all the things God does for you.